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Christian Maurel,
The Screwball Asses

Semiotext(e), Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series - Band 3

A foundational work of queer theory.First published anonymously in the notorious "Three Billion Perverts" issue of Félix Guattari's journal Recherches ---banned by French authorities upon its re…

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Ruby Mcconnell
Buried

How the environmental disaster underground is taking place in our own backyards---and how we can fix it. From an award-winning science writer, geologist, and researcher.As everyday life goes on, fallout f…

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George R. McGhee
Convergent Evolution on Earth

An analysis of patterns of convergent evolution on Earth that suggests where we might look for similar convergent forms on other planets.Why does a sea lily look like a palm tree? And why is a sea lily ca…

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Antonio Melechi
The Unconscious

A highly original first anthology on the cultural history of the unconscious that is destined to become definitive."Know thyself"---the injunction that was once inscribed upon the Temple of Apol…

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Joshua D. Mezrich
Every Living Creature

The incredible history and promise of inter-species organ transplantation, from an award-winning transplant surgeon.With more than 100,000 patients in the United States waiting for life-saving organ trans…

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Michael Neufeld
Spaceflight

A concise history of spaceflight, from military rocketry through Sputnik, Apollo, robots in space, space culture, and human spaceflight today.Spaceflight is one of the greatest human achievements of the t…

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Saul Justin Newman
Morbid

A darkly comedic journey into the science of aging---where ethics are irrelevant, the studies are a sales pitch, and the "world's oldest living people" all turn out to be dead.Our morbid fascina…

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Chee-We Ng, Erik J. Larson
Augmented Human Intelligence

A clear-eyed look at what AI actually is---and why we must focus on AI systems that augment human cognition, rather than mimic it. From a seasoned AI researcher and a VC investor and entrepreneur.Augmente…

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Alva Noë
Action in Perception

"Perception is not something that happens to us, or in us," writes Alva Noë. "It is something we do." In Action in Perception, Noë argues that perception and perceptual consciousness d…

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Noudelmann,
Thinking with Our Ears

The sound of thought, from ancient acoustics to modern microphones.What if we opened our ears to the sound of ideas? We often forget that thought makes noise, whether a great din or light rustling. We hav…

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Jono Nussbaum, Menno Schilthuizen
The Urban Naturalist

A manifesto---and a field guide---for a new dawn of natural history, practiced by community scientists in their own urban jungle.Imagine taking your smartphone-turned-microscope to an empty lot and discov…

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Martha Olney
Inflation

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

"what inflation is, its underlying causes, anti-inflationary policy, controversies and disagreements, historical significance"-- Provided by publisher.

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Elizabeth Otto
Haunted Bauhaus

An investigation of the irrational and the unconventional currents swirling behind the Bauhaus's signature sleek surfaces and austere structures.The Bauhaus (1919--1933) is widely regarded as the twentiet…

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Neri Oxman
Mediated Matter

A richly illustrated overview of the work of Neri Oxman, whose design approach embodies the union of technology and biology, as well as a future where we build with nature.Mediated Matter is the first com…

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Linda A. Parker
Cannabinoids

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

The mysteries of the brain's own cannabinoid system exposed and explained.Though cannabis has been used, for pain or pleasure, for over 4000 years, only lately have we learned, first, what makes it work a…

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Peter Pesic
Abel's Proof

The intellectual and human story of a mathematical proof that transformed our ideas about mathematics.In 1824 a young Norwegian named Niels Henrik Abel proved conclusively that algebraic equations of the …

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C Arden Pope, Douglas W Dockery
Particles of Truth

A compelling, real-life account of how scientists uncovered air pollution's deadly impact on human health---and the contentious battles to use key scientific evidence in the critical fight for clean air.P…

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Addy Pross
Life's Chemical Secret

How the ground-breaking discovery of a new material form in chemistry---matter in a dynamic kinetic state---is helping to explain life's unique characteristics.The materialist view of nature has guided sc…

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Stephan Raaijmakers
Large Language Models

The MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series

An in-depth history of Large Language Models---and what their ubiquity, disruption, and creativity mean from a wider sociopolitical perspective.In November 2022, ChatGPT swept the globe with a mixed frenz…

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Hannah Ritchie
Clearing the Air

A FINANCIAL TIMES & NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF 2025"A refreshingly pragmatic and undoomy book." >Clear, simple answers to the most common and vexing questions about climate change that we…

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